Two aviation security officers employed by the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) were Thursday arrested in connection with the discovery of 4.2 kilogrammes of cocaine that investigators believed were to be handed to an outgoing passenger. The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) said 29-year-old Keesha Greene of Lot 5 Grant Road, Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara was arrested after anti-drug agents found ...
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Suspects in robberies at East Demerara gas stations charged
Three men charged on Monday with robbery under arms of three gas stations on the East Coast Demerara were refused bail and remanded to prison, the Guyana Police Force said. The trio – Joel Joshua Williams, 21, Akeem Marques, 27, and Tyron Peters, 19 – from Bachelor’s Adventure pleaded not guilty. They are accused of committing robberies on the GUYOIL ...
Read More »New York fatal hit-and-run accused caught in Guyana, pleads not guilty in Queens court
A man, who allegedly struck down and killed a Jamaican man in December 2019 in Queens, New York, was caught at a horse race meet in Guyana and taken back to the United States (US) where he was refused bail on Friday, officials and news reports said. Head of the Guyana Police Force’s Criminal Investigations Department, Assistant Commissioner Wendell Blanhum ...
Read More »ExxonMobil, RAMPS Logistics plead not guilty to false customs declaration charges
Representatives of ExxonMobil Guyana Limited and RAMPS Logistics on Friday pleaded not guilty on behalf of their companies in connection with two separate charges of allegedly falsifying customs declarations to the amount of US$12.1 billion for imports of oil well equipment and other supplies. Mr Steve Gentry of ExxonMobil pleaded not guilty to the charge of having caused to be ...
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